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Biography

Consumed by the ghosts of his ancestors, lost on a religious journey, playing in a rock and roll band:

Daniel Machado has spent every spare moment since 2001 relentlessly writing and releasing rock and roll records, specializing in thematic “rock operas” that deal with issues of heritage, religion, love, and finding stability in a postmodern world.

A multi-instrumentalist and classical violinist-turned-rocker, Machado composes and performs orchestral arrangements that juxtapose his music’s rock/pop foundations. The relationship between his clear, baritone vocals and his buzz-saw guitar work make for a similar contrast, revealing that at his core Machado is part classical composer and part big band crooner – each part hopelessly in love with rock and roll.

When not writing albums, he and his band can be found performing energetic rock shows up and down the east coast of the United States, with occasional stops in other far away lands.

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Lyrics

How I Lost Maria

Written By: Daniel Machado

I want it back, I want it backThe peace of my youthful daydreamsThe beliefs I always thought I'd haveI want you back, I want you backI want you to see me like you didWhen we still believed it could last

Maria, I tried to make you into a godI tried to make you into my saviorThen I wondered why I was never satisfiedAnd me, I’m a bit irrational And I over think everythingWhich is why I can’t just shut up and enjoy myself

That’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost Maria

I’ve been thinking about how I spent the last four yearsTerrified of deathAnd how I’ve let that turn me into a cynical bastardI lost focus on just how good I’ve got it And I lived like I was already deadSee I’m a tad obsessive and easily distracted

That’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost Maria

Maria, my spotless porcelain babyMy toppled pedestal girlI tried hard to preserve you only to soil you moreWas it me or you that turned you to a temple?And made my touch a sinI can’t pull myself from your spirit I can’t pull myself from your skin

That’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost MariaThat’s how I lost Maria

Jessie, the Usher

Written By: Daniel Machado

Jessie says it’s worse than melancholia‘Cause I mourn thingsBefore they’re goneAnd I can’t get the future out my mind

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

Mom and Dad are repainting the wallsI close my room’s doorI don’t live here anymoreBut I don’t want to leave them here alone

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

My family prays for me inside our carBut I haven’t believedSince I was seventeenThe emptiness is killing me inside

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

There’s no getting backThere’s no getting backI thought I knew loveI thought I knew faithI thought I knew myself But I was wrongI was wrongI was wrong

If I was wrong about lifeMaybe I was wrong about death

I don’t know if it’s medicine or GodBut nightmare dreamsCome less it seemsTornadoes are quiet in my mind

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

Mom and Dad are visiting my houseI’m all grownMy childhood’s goneBut I guess I’ll always be their child

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

And I’ve spent all these yearsCrying over happy memoriesCrying over happy memoriesI wanted more than anythingTo get back the yearsWhen I thought that I was happyBut you seeAnything that’s worth a damnAnyone who loved me backHas always been right here beside meThere’s no getting backThere’s no getting backBut I don’t think I want toI don’t think I want toThere’s no getting backThere’s no getting backBut I don’t think I want toI don’t think I want to

Jessie holds me tightTells me that the universe is right

Discography

Set List

Themes in American FrictionHow I Lost MariaGoodbye, Little Miss IllusionSix Years in Military SchoolGhost FingersSee You in My DreamsThe Worst Panic Attack EverNightmare DreamerCynical SonJessie, the UsherTop Hat, Green Jacket & A Black TieHigh School is over in a YearGrowing up OctagonalStation WagonThose Days Will Come